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1ec8f24b7SThomas Gleixner# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
21da177e4SLinus Torvalds#
31da177e4SLinus Torvalds# Network device configuration
41da177e4SLinus Torvalds#
51da177e4SLinus Torvalds
6d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardtmenuconfig NETDEVICES
7ce2d2aedSPaolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso	default y if UML
8e0009820SJan Engelhardt	depends on NET
91da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool "Network device support"
101da177e4SLinus Torvalds	---help---
111da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  You can say N here if you don't intend to connect your Linux box to
121da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  any other computer at all.
131da177e4SLinus Torvalds
141da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  You'll have to say Y if your computer contains a network card that
151da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  you want to use under Linux. If you are going to run SLIP or PPP over
161da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  telephone line or null modem cable you need say Y here. Connecting
171da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  two machines with parallel ports using PLIP needs this, as well as
181da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  AX.25/KISS for sending Internet traffic over amateur radio links.
191da177e4SLinus Torvalds
201da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  See also "The Linux Network Administrator's Guide" by Olaf Kirch and
211da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Terry Dawson. Available at <http://www.tldp.org/guides.html>.
221da177e4SLinus Torvalds
231da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If unsure, say Y.
241da177e4SLinus Torvalds
251618cb0cSRandy Dunlap# All the following symbols are dependent on NETDEVICES - do not repeat
261618cb0cSRandy Dunlap# that for each of the symbols.
271618cb0cSRandy Dunlapif NETDEVICES
28cbcd2a4cSRandy Dunlap
29a1606c7dSBen Hutchingsconfig MII
30a1606c7dSBen Hutchings	tristate
31a1606c7dSBen Hutchings
3288491d81SJeff Kirsherconfig NET_CORE
3388491d81SJeff Kirsher	default y
3488491d81SJeff Kirsher	bool "Network core driver support"
35253af423SJamal Hadi Salim	---help---
3688491d81SJeff Kirsher	  You can say N here if you do not intend to use any of the
3788491d81SJeff Kirsher	  networking core drivers (i.e. VLAN, bridging, bonding, etc.)
3888491d81SJeff Kirsher
3988491d81SJeff Kirsherif NET_CORE
4088491d81SJeff Kirsher
4188491d81SJeff Kirsherconfig BONDING
4288491d81SJeff Kirsher	tristate "Bonding driver support"
4388491d81SJeff Kirsher	depends on INET
4488491d81SJeff Kirsher	depends on IPV6 || IPV6=n
4588491d81SJeff Kirsher	---help---
4688491d81SJeff Kirsher	  Say 'Y' or 'M' if you wish to be able to 'bond' multiple Ethernet
4788491d81SJeff Kirsher	  Channels together. This is called 'Etherchannel' by Cisco,
4888491d81SJeff Kirsher	  'Trunking' by Sun, 802.3ad by the IEEE, and 'Bonding' in Linux.
4988491d81SJeff Kirsher
5088491d81SJeff Kirsher	  The driver supports multiple bonding modes to allow for both high
5188491d81SJeff Kirsher	  performance and high availability operation.
5288491d81SJeff Kirsher
53*a362032eSMauro Carvalho Chehab	  Refer to <file:Documentation/networking/bonding.rst> for more
5488491d81SJeff Kirsher	  information.
5588491d81SJeff Kirsher
56253af423SJamal Hadi Salim	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
5788491d81SJeff Kirsher	  will be called bonding.
58253af423SJamal Hadi Salim
591da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DUMMY
601da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "Dummy net driver support"
611da177e4SLinus Torvalds	---help---
621da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This is essentially a bit-bucket device (i.e. traffic you send to
631da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  this device is consigned into oblivion) with a configurable IP
641da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  address. It is most commonly used in order to make your currently
651da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  inactive SLIP address seem like a real address for local programs.
669f5db535SIvan Babrou	  If you use SLIP or PPP, you might want to say Y here. It won't
679f5db535SIvan Babrou	  enlarge your kernel. What a deal. Read about it in the Network
681da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Administrator's Guide, available from
691da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#guide>.
701da177e4SLinus Torvalds
711da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
729f486619SAlan Cox	  will be called dummy.
731da177e4SLinus Torvalds
74e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeldconfig WIREGUARD
75e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	tristate "WireGuard secure network tunnel"
76e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	depends on NET && INET
77e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	depends on IPV6 || !IPV6
78e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	select NET_UDP_TUNNEL
79e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	select DST_CACHE
80e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	select CRYPTO
81e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	select CRYPTO_LIB_CURVE25519
82e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	select CRYPTO_LIB_CHACHA20POLY1305
83e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	select CRYPTO_LIB_BLAKE2S
84e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	select CRYPTO_CHACHA20_X86_64 if X86 && 64BIT
85e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	select CRYPTO_POLY1305_X86_64 if X86 && 64BIT
86e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	select CRYPTO_BLAKE2S_X86 if X86 && 64BIT
87e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	select CRYPTO_CURVE25519_X86 if X86 && 64BIT
88d7c68a38SJason A. Donenfeld	select ARM_CRYPTO if ARM
89d7c68a38SJason A. Donenfeld	select ARM64_CRYPTO if ARM64
90e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	select CRYPTO_CHACHA20_NEON if (ARM || ARM64) && KERNEL_MODE_NEON
91e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	select CRYPTO_POLY1305_NEON if ARM64 && KERNEL_MODE_NEON
92e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	select CRYPTO_POLY1305_ARM if ARM
93e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	select CRYPTO_CURVE25519_NEON if ARM && KERNEL_MODE_NEON
94e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	select CRYPTO_CHACHA_MIPS if CPU_MIPS32_R2
95e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	select CRYPTO_POLY1305_MIPS if CPU_MIPS32 || (CPU_MIPS64 && 64BIT)
96e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	help
97e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	  WireGuard is a secure, fast, and easy to use replacement for IPSec
98e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	  that uses modern cryptography and clever networking tricks. It's
99e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	  designed to be fairly general purpose and abstract enough to fit most
100e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	  use cases, while at the same time remaining extremely simple to
101e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	  configure. See www.wireguard.com for more info.
102e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld
103e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	  It's safe to say Y or M here, as the driver is very lightweight and
104e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	  is only in use when an administrator chooses to add an interface.
105e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld
106e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeldconfig WIREGUARD_DEBUG
107e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	bool "Debugging checks and verbose messages"
108e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	depends on WIREGUARD
109e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	help
110e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	  This will write log messages for handshake and other events
111e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	  that occur for a WireGuard interface. It will also perform some
112e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	  extra validation checks and unit tests at various points. This is
113e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	  only useful for debugging.
114e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld
115e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	  Say N here unless you know what you're doing.
116e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld
11788491d81SJeff Kirsherconfig EQUALIZER
11888491d81SJeff Kirsher	tristate "EQL (serial line load balancing) support"
1191da177e4SLinus Torvalds	---help---
12088491d81SJeff Kirsher	  If you have two serial connections to some other computer (this
12188491d81SJeff Kirsher	  usually requires two modems and two telephone lines) and you use
12288491d81SJeff Kirsher	  SLIP (the protocol for sending Internet traffic over telephone
12388491d81SJeff Kirsher	  lines) or PPP (a better SLIP) on them, you can make them behave like
12488491d81SJeff Kirsher	  one double speed connection using this driver.  Naturally, this has
12588491d81SJeff Kirsher	  to be supported at the other end as well, either with a similar EQL
12688491d81SJeff Kirsher	  Linux driver or with a Livingston Portmaster 2e.
1271da177e4SLinus Torvalds
12888491d81SJeff Kirsher	  Say Y if you want this and read
12988491d81SJeff Kirsher	  <file:Documentation/networking/eql.txt>.  You may also want to read
13088491d81SJeff Kirsher	  section 6.2 of the NET-3-HOWTO, available from
13188491d81SJeff Kirsher	  <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1321da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1331da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
13488491d81SJeff Kirsher	  will be called eql.  If unsure, say N.
13588491d81SJeff Kirsher
13688491d81SJeff Kirsherconfig NET_FC
13788491d81SJeff Kirsher	bool "Fibre Channel driver support"
13888491d81SJeff Kirsher	depends on SCSI && PCI
13988491d81SJeff Kirsher	help
14088491d81SJeff Kirsher	  Fibre Channel is a high speed serial protocol mainly used to connect
14188491d81SJeff Kirsher	  large storage devices to the computer; it is compatible with and
14288491d81SJeff Kirsher	  intended to replace SCSI.
14388491d81SJeff Kirsher
14488491d81SJeff Kirsher	  If you intend to use Fibre Channel, you need to have a Fibre channel
14588491d81SJeff Kirsher	  adaptor card in your computer; say Y here and to the driver for your
14688491d81SJeff Kirsher	  adaptor below. You also should have said Y to "SCSI support" and
14788491d81SJeff Kirsher	  "SCSI generic support".
14888491d81SJeff Kirsher
14988491d81SJeff Kirsherconfig IFB
15088491d81SJeff Kirsher	tristate "Intermediate Functional Block support"
15188491d81SJeff Kirsher	depends on NET_CLS_ACT
1522c64605bSPablo Neira Ayuso	select NET_REDIRECT
15388491d81SJeff Kirsher	---help---
15488491d81SJeff Kirsher	  This is an intermediate driver that allows sharing of
15588491d81SJeff Kirsher	  resources.
15688491d81SJeff Kirsher	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
15788491d81SJeff Kirsher	  will be called ifb.  If you want to use more than one ifb
15888491d81SJeff Kirsher	  device at a time, you need to compile this driver as a module.
15988491d81SJeff Kirsher	  Instead of 'ifb', the devices will then be called 'ifb0',
16088491d81SJeff Kirsher	  'ifb1' etc.
16188491d81SJeff Kirsher	  Look at the iproute2 documentation directory for usage etc
1621da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1633d249d4cSJiri Pirkosource "drivers/net/team/Kconfig"
1643d249d4cSJiri Pirko
165b863ceb7SPatrick McHardyconfig MACVLAN
166bd085b93SKees Cook	tristate "MAC-VLAN support"
167b863ceb7SPatrick McHardy	---help---
168b863ceb7SPatrick McHardy	  This allows one to create virtual interfaces that map packets to
169b863ceb7SPatrick McHardy	  or from specific MAC addresses to a particular interface.
170b863ceb7SPatrick McHardy
1713dbf8d56SPatrick McHardy	  Macvlan devices can be added using the "ip" command from the
1723dbf8d56SPatrick McHardy	  iproute2 package starting with the iproute2-2.6.23 release:
1733dbf8d56SPatrick McHardy
1743dbf8d56SPatrick McHardy	  "ip link add link <real dev> [ address MAC ] [ NAME ] type macvlan"
1753dbf8d56SPatrick McHardy
176b863ceb7SPatrick McHardy	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
177b863ceb7SPatrick McHardy	  will be called macvlan.
178b863ceb7SPatrick McHardy
17920d29d7aSArnd Bergmannconfig MACVTAP
180bd085b93SKees Cook	tristate "MAC-VLAN based tap driver"
18120d29d7aSArnd Bergmann	depends on MACVLAN
182de11b0e8SBen Hutchings	depends on INET
1839a393b5dSSainath Grandhi	select TAP
18420d29d7aSArnd Bergmann	help
18520d29d7aSArnd Bergmann	  This adds a specialized tap character device driver that is based
18620d29d7aSArnd Bergmann	  on the MAC-VLAN network interface, called macvtap. A macvtap device
18720d29d7aSArnd Bergmann	  can be added in the same way as a macvlan device, using 'type
188c7966b52SJan Luebbe	  macvtap', and then be accessed through the tap user space interface.
18920d29d7aSArnd Bergmann
19020d29d7aSArnd Bergmann	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
19120d29d7aSArnd Bergmann	  will be called macvtap.
19220d29d7aSArnd Bergmann
193c675e06aSDaniel Borkmannconfig IPVLAN_L3S
194c675e06aSDaniel Borkmann	depends on NETFILTER
195a37d45b6SRandy Dunlap	depends on IPVLAN
196c675e06aSDaniel Borkmann	def_bool y
197c675e06aSDaniel Borkmann	select NET_L3_MASTER_DEV
1982ad7bf36SMahesh Bandewar
1992ad7bf36SMahesh Bandewarconfig IPVLAN
2002ad7bf36SMahesh Bandewar	tristate "IP-VLAN support"
201265de6d1SMahesh Bandewar	depends on INET
2027f897db3SArnd Bergmann	depends on IPV6 || !IPV6
2032ad7bf36SMahesh Bandewar	---help---
2042ad7bf36SMahesh Bandewar	  This allows one to create virtual devices off of a main interface
2052ad7bf36SMahesh Bandewar	  and packets will be delivered based on the dest L3 (IPv6/IPv4 addr)
2062ad7bf36SMahesh Bandewar	  on packets. All interfaces (including the main interface) share L2
2072ad7bf36SMahesh Bandewar	  making it transparent to the connected L2 switch.
2082ad7bf36SMahesh Bandewar
2092ad7bf36SMahesh Bandewar	  Ipvlan devices can be added using the "ip" command from the
210f4c2b7a0SMahesh Bandewar	  iproute2 package starting with the iproute2-3.19 release:
2112ad7bf36SMahesh Bandewar
2122ad7bf36SMahesh Bandewar	  "ip link add link <main-dev> [ NAME ] type ipvlan"
2132ad7bf36SMahesh Bandewar
2142ad7bf36SMahesh Bandewar	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2152ad7bf36SMahesh Bandewar	  will be called ipvlan.
2162ad7bf36SMahesh Bandewar
217235a9d89SSainath Grandhiconfig IPVTAP
218235a9d89SSainath Grandhi	tristate "IP-VLAN based tap driver"
219235a9d89SSainath Grandhi	depends on IPVLAN
220235a9d89SSainath Grandhi	depends on INET
221235a9d89SSainath Grandhi	select TAP
222235a9d89SSainath Grandhi	---help---
223235a9d89SSainath Grandhi	  This adds a specialized tap character device driver that is based
224235a9d89SSainath Grandhi	  on the IP-VLAN network interface, called ipvtap. An ipvtap device
225235a9d89SSainath Grandhi	  can be added in the same way as a ipvlan device, using 'type
226235a9d89SSainath Grandhi	  ipvtap', and then be accessed through the tap user space interface.
227235a9d89SSainath Grandhi
228235a9d89SSainath Grandhi	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
229235a9d89SSainath Grandhi	  will be called ipvtap.
2302ad7bf36SMahesh Bandewar
231d342894cSstephen hemmingerconfig VXLAN
232d342894cSstephen hemminger	tristate "Virtual eXtensible Local Area Network (VXLAN)"
233c9b20a5eSKees Cook	depends on INET
2343ee64f39STom Herbert	select NET_UDP_TUNNEL
23597e219b7SEric Dumazet	select GRO_CELLS
236d342894cSstephen hemminger	---help---
237d342894cSstephen hemminger	  This allows one to create vxlan virtual interfaces that provide
238d342894cSstephen hemminger	  Layer 2 Networks over Layer 3 Networks. VXLAN is often used
239d342894cSstephen hemminger	  to tunnel virtual network infrastructure in virtualized environments.
240d342894cSstephen hemminger	  For more information see:
241d342894cSstephen hemminger	    http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-mahalingam-dutt-dcops-vxlan-02
242d342894cSstephen hemminger
243d342894cSstephen hemminger	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
244d342894cSstephen hemminger	  will be called vxlan.
245d342894cSstephen hemminger
2462d07dc79SJohn W. Linvilleconfig GENEVE
247371bd106SPravin B Shelar	tristate "Generic Network Virtualization Encapsulation"
248a7603ac1SMatteo Croce	depends on INET
249094be092STobias Regnery	depends on IPV6 || !IPV6
250a7603ac1SMatteo Croce	select NET_UDP_TUNNEL
25197e219b7SEric Dumazet	select GRO_CELLS
2522d07dc79SJohn W. Linville	---help---
2532d07dc79SJohn W. Linville	  This allows one to create geneve virtual interfaces that provide
2542d07dc79SJohn W. Linville	  Layer 2 Networks over Layer 3 Networks. GENEVE is often used
2552d07dc79SJohn W. Linville	  to tunnel virtual network infrastructure in virtualized environments.
2562d07dc79SJohn W. Linville	  For more information see:
2572d07dc79SJohn W. Linville	    http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-gross-geneve-02
2582d07dc79SJohn W. Linville
2592d07dc79SJohn W. Linville	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2602d07dc79SJohn W. Linville	  will be called geneve.
2612d07dc79SJohn W. Linville
262571912c6SMartin Vargheseconfig BAREUDP
263571912c6SMartin Varghese       tristate "Bare UDP Encapsulation"
264571912c6SMartin Varghese       depends on INET
265571912c6SMartin Varghese       depends on IPV6 || !IPV6
266571912c6SMartin Varghese       select NET_UDP_TUNNEL
267571912c6SMartin Varghese       select GRO_CELLS
268571912c6SMartin Varghese       help
269571912c6SMartin Varghese          This adds a bare UDP tunnel module for tunnelling different
270571912c6SMartin Varghese          kinds of traffic like MPLS, IP, etc. inside a UDP tunnel.
271571912c6SMartin Varghese
272571912c6SMartin Varghese          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
273571912c6SMartin Varghese          will be called bareudp.
274571912c6SMartin Varghese
275459aa660SPablo Neiraconfig GTP
276459aa660SPablo Neira	tristate "GPRS Tunneling Protocol datapath (GTP-U)"
277c22da366SMatteo Croce	depends on INET
278c22da366SMatteo Croce	select NET_UDP_TUNNEL
279459aa660SPablo Neira	---help---
280459aa660SPablo Neira	  This allows one to create gtp virtual interfaces that provide
281459aa660SPablo Neira	  the GPRS Tunneling Protocol datapath (GTP-U). This tunneling protocol
282459aa660SPablo Neira	  is used to prevent subscribers from accessing mobile carrier core
283459aa660SPablo Neira	  network infrastructure. This driver requires a userspace software that
284459aa660SPablo Neira	  implements the signaling protocol (GTP-C) to update its PDP context
285459aa660SPablo Neira	  base, such as OpenGGSN <http://git.osmocom.org/openggsn/). This
286459aa660SPablo Neira	  tunneling protocol is implemented according to the GSM TS 09.60 and
287459aa660SPablo Neira	  3GPP TS 29.060 standards.
288459aa660SPablo Neira
289459aa660SPablo Neira	  To compile this drivers as a module, choose M here: the module
290459aa660SPablo Neira	  wil be called gtp.
291459aa660SPablo Neira
292c09440f7SSabrina Dubrocaconfig MACSEC
293c09440f7SSabrina Dubroca	tristate "IEEE 802.1AE MAC-level encryption (MACsec)"
294ab2ed017SArnd Bergmann	select CRYPTO
295c09440f7SSabrina Dubroca	select CRYPTO_AES
296c09440f7SSabrina Dubroca	select CRYPTO_GCM
29797e219b7SEric Dumazet	select GRO_CELLS
298c09440f7SSabrina Dubroca	---help---
299c09440f7SSabrina Dubroca	   MACsec is an encryption standard for Ethernet.
300c09440f7SSabrina Dubroca
30188491d81SJeff Kirsherconfig NETCONSOLE
30288491d81SJeff Kirsher	tristate "Network console logging support"
3031da177e4SLinus Torvalds	---help---
30488491d81SJeff Kirsher	  If you want to log kernel messages over the network, enable this.
30588491d81SJeff Kirsher	  See <file:Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt> for details.
3061da177e4SLinus Torvalds
30788491d81SJeff Kirsherconfig NETCONSOLE_DYNAMIC
30888491d81SJeff Kirsher	bool "Dynamic reconfiguration of logging targets"
30988491d81SJeff Kirsher	depends on NETCONSOLE && SYSFS && CONFIGFS_FS && \
31088491d81SJeff Kirsher			!(NETCONSOLE=y && CONFIGFS_FS=m)
31188491d81SJeff Kirsher	help
31288491d81SJeff Kirsher	  This option enables the ability to dynamically reconfigure target
31388491d81SJeff Kirsher	  parameters (interface, IP addresses, port numbers, MAC addresses)
31488491d81SJeff Kirsher	  at runtime through a userspace interface exported using configfs.
31588491d81SJeff Kirsher	  See <file:Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt> for details.
3161da177e4SLinus Torvalds
31788491d81SJeff Kirsherconfig NETPOLL
31888491d81SJeff Kirsher	def_bool NETCONSOLE
31983fe27eaSPranith Kumar	select SRCU
32088491d81SJeff Kirsher
32188491d81SJeff Kirsherconfig NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
32288491d81SJeff Kirsher	def_bool NETPOLL
32388491d81SJeff Kirsher
324548c237cSJon Masonconfig NTB_NETDEV
325ec110bc7SAllen Hubbe	tristate "Virtual Ethernet over NTB Transport"
326ec110bc7SAllen Hubbe	depends on NTB_TRANSPORT
327548c237cSJon Mason
32888491d81SJeff Kirsherconfig RIONET
32988491d81SJeff Kirsher	tristate "RapidIO Ethernet over messaging driver support"
33088491d81SJeff Kirsher	depends on RAPIDIO
33188491d81SJeff Kirsher
33288491d81SJeff Kirsherconfig RIONET_TX_SIZE
33388491d81SJeff Kirsher	int "Number of outbound queue entries"
33488491d81SJeff Kirsher	depends on RIONET
33588491d81SJeff Kirsher	default "128"
33688491d81SJeff Kirsher
33788491d81SJeff Kirsherconfig RIONET_RX_SIZE
33888491d81SJeff Kirsher	int "Number of inbound queue entries"
33988491d81SJeff Kirsher	depends on RIONET
34088491d81SJeff Kirsher	default "128"
3411da177e4SLinus Torvalds
3421da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig TUN
3431da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "Universal TUN/TAP device driver support"
344de11b0e8SBen Hutchings	depends on INET
3451da177e4SLinus Torvalds	select CRC32
3461da177e4SLinus Torvalds	---help---
3471da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  TUN/TAP provides packet reception and transmission for user space
3481da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  programs.  It can be viewed as a simple Point-to-Point or Ethernet
3491da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  device, which instead of receiving packets from a physical media,
3501da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  receives them from user space program and instead of sending packets
3511da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  via physical media writes them to the user space program.
3521da177e4SLinus Torvalds
3531da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  When a program opens /dev/net/tun, driver creates and registers
3541da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  corresponding net device tunX or tapX.  After a program closed above
3551da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  devices, driver will automatically delete tunXX or tapXX device and
3561da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  all routes corresponding to it.
3571da177e4SLinus Torvalds
3581da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Please read <file:Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt> for more
3591da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  information.
3601da177e4SLinus Torvalds
3611da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
3621da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  will be called tun.
3631da177e4SLinus Torvalds
3641da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you don't know what to use this for, you don't need it.
3651da177e4SLinus Torvalds
3669a393b5dSSainath Grandhiconfig TAP
3679a393b5dSSainath Grandhi	tristate
3689a393b5dSSainath Grandhi	---help---
3699a393b5dSSainath Grandhi	  This option is selected by any driver implementing tap user space
3709a393b5dSSainath Grandhi	  interface for a virtual interface to re-use core tap functionality.
3719a393b5dSSainath Grandhi
3728b8e658bSGreg Kurzconfig TUN_VNET_CROSS_LE
3738b8e658bSGreg Kurz	bool "Support for cross-endian vnet headers on little-endian kernels"
3748b8e658bSGreg Kurz	default n
3758b8e658bSGreg Kurz	---help---
3768b8e658bSGreg Kurz	  This option allows TUN/TAP and MACVTAP device drivers in a
3778b8e658bSGreg Kurz	  little-endian kernel to parse vnet headers that come from a
3788b8e658bSGreg Kurz	  big-endian legacy virtio device.
3798b8e658bSGreg Kurz
3808b8e658bSGreg Kurz	  Userspace programs can control the feature using the TUNSETVNETBE
3818b8e658bSGreg Kurz	  and TUNGETVNETBE ioctls.
3828b8e658bSGreg Kurz
3838b8e658bSGreg Kurz	  Unless you have a little-endian system hosting a big-endian virtual
3848b8e658bSGreg Kurz	  machine with a legacy virtio NIC, you should say N.
3858b8e658bSGreg Kurz
386e314dbdcSPavel Emelyanovconfig VETH
3876a9a0250SRusty Russell	tristate "Virtual ethernet pair device"
388e314dbdcSPavel Emelyanov	---help---
3896a9a0250SRusty Russell	  This device is a local ethernet tunnel. Devices are created in pairs.
3906a9a0250SRusty Russell	  When one end receives the packet it appears on its pair and vice
3916a9a0250SRusty Russell	  versa.
392e314dbdcSPavel Emelyanov
39388491d81SJeff Kirsherconfig VIRTIO_NET
394bd085b93SKees Cook	tristate "Virtio network driver"
395bd085b93SKees Cook	depends on VIRTIO
396ba5e4426SSridhar Samudrala	select NET_FAILOVER
39788491d81SJeff Kirsher	---help---
39888491d81SJeff Kirsher	  This is the virtual network driver for virtio.  It can be used with
399ecda85e7SJuergen Gross	  QEMU based VMMs (like KVM or Xen).  Say Y or M.
40088491d81SJeff Kirsher
401e4fc408eSDaniel Borkmannconfig NLMON
402e4fc408eSDaniel Borkmann	tristate "Virtual netlink monitoring device"
403e4fc408eSDaniel Borkmann	---help---
404e4fc408eSDaniel Borkmann	  This option enables a monitoring net device for netlink skbs. The
405e4fc408eSDaniel Borkmann	  purpose of this is to analyze netlink messages with packet sockets.
406e4fc408eSDaniel Borkmann	  Thus applications like tcpdump will be able to see local netlink
407e4fc408eSDaniel Borkmann	  messages if they tap into the netlink device, record pcaps for further
408e4fc408eSDaniel Borkmann	  diagnostics, etc. This is mostly intended for developers or support
409e4fc408eSDaniel Borkmann	  to debug netlink issues. If unsure, say N.
410e4fc408eSDaniel Borkmann
411193125dbSDavid Ahernconfig NET_VRF
412193125dbSDavid Ahern	tristate "Virtual Routing and Forwarding (Lite)"
41335402e31SDavid Ahern	depends on IP_MULTIPLE_TABLES
414ee15ee5dSDavid Ahern	depends on NET_L3_MASTER_DEV
41535402e31SDavid Ahern	depends on IPV6 || IPV6=n
41635402e31SDavid Ahern	depends on IPV6_MULTIPLE_TABLES || IPV6=n
417193125dbSDavid Ahern	---help---
418193125dbSDavid Ahern	  This option enables the support for mapping interfaces into VRF's. The
419193125dbSDavid Ahern	  support enables VRF devices.
420193125dbSDavid Ahern
4210b2e6644SGerard Garciaconfig VSOCKMON
4220b2e6644SGerard Garcia	tristate "Virtual vsock monitoring device"
4230b2e6644SGerard Garcia	depends on VHOST_VSOCK
4240b2e6644SGerard Garcia	---help---
4250b2e6644SGerard Garcia	  This option enables a monitoring net device for vsock sockets. It is
4260b2e6644SGerard Garcia	  mostly intended for developers or support to debug vsock issues. If
4270b2e6644SGerard Garcia	  unsure, say N.
4280b2e6644SGerard Garcia
42988491d81SJeff Kirsherendif # NET_CORE
43088491d81SJeff Kirsher
43188491d81SJeff Kirsherconfig SUNGEM_PHY
43288491d81SJeff Kirsher	tristate
43388491d81SJeff Kirsher
43488491d81SJeff Kirshersource "drivers/net/arcnet/Kconfig"
43588491d81SJeff Kirsher
43688491d81SJeff Kirshersource "drivers/atm/Kconfig"
43788491d81SJeff Kirsher
43888491d81SJeff Kirshersource "drivers/net/caif/Kconfig"
43988491d81SJeff Kirsher
4403b158859SBen Hutchingssource "drivers/net/dsa/Kconfig"
4413b158859SBen Hutchings
44288491d81SJeff Kirshersource "drivers/net/ethernet/Kconfig"
44388491d81SJeff Kirsher
44488491d81SJeff Kirshersource "drivers/net/fddi/Kconfig"
44588491d81SJeff Kirsher
446fecc7351SPaul Bollesource "drivers/net/hippi/Kconfig"
447fecc7351SPaul Bolle
44808120d23SAlex Eldersource "drivers/net/ipa/Kconfig"
44908120d23SAlex Elder
4501da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NET_SB1000
4511da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "General Instruments Surfboard 1000"
452cbcd2a4cSRandy Dunlap	depends on PNP
4531da177e4SLinus Torvalds	---help---
4541da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This is a driver for the General Instrument (also known as
4551da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  NextLevel) SURFboard 1000 internal
4561da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  cable modem. This is an ISA card which is used by a number of cable
4571da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  TV companies to provide cable modem access. It's a one-way
4581da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  downstream-only cable modem, meaning that your upstream net link is
4591da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  provided by your regular phone modem.
4601da177e4SLinus Torvalds
4611da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  At present this driver only compiles as a module, so say M here if
4621da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  you have this card. The module will be called sb1000. Then read
463b255e500SJakub Kicinski	  <file:Documentation/networking/device_drivers/sb1000.txt> for
464b255e500SJakub Kicinski	  information on how to use this module, as it needs special ppp
465b255e500SJakub Kicinski	  scripts for establishing a connection. Further documentation
466b255e500SJakub Kicinski	  and the necessary scripts can be found at:
4671da177e4SLinus Torvalds
4681da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  <http://www.jacksonville.net/~fventuri/>
4691da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  <http://home.adelphia.net/~siglercm/sb1000.html>
4701da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  <http://linuxpower.cx/~cable/>
4711da177e4SLinus Torvalds
4721da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you don't have this card, of course say N.
4731da177e4SLinus Torvalds
47400db8189SAndy Flemingsource "drivers/net/phy/Kconfig"
47500db8189SAndy Fleming
47618e635f4SJeff Kirshersource "drivers/net/plip/Kconfig"
47718e635f4SJeff Kirsher
47888491d81SJeff Kirshersource "drivers/net/ppp/Kconfig"
47988491d81SJeff Kirsher
480b5451d78SJeff Kirshersource "drivers/net/slip/Kconfig"
481b5451d78SJeff Kirsher
48288491d81SJeff Kirshersource "drivers/s390/net/Kconfig"
48388491d81SJeff Kirsher
48488491d81SJeff Kirshersource "drivers/net/usb/Kconfig"
48588491d81SJeff Kirsher
4861da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig"
4871da177e4SLinus Torvalds
488143ee2d5SInaky Perez-Gonzalezsource "drivers/net/wimax/Kconfig"
489143ee2d5SInaky Perez-Gonzalez
4901da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/net/wan/Kconfig"
4911da177e4SLinus Torvalds
4920739d643Salex.bluesman.smirnov@gmail.comsource "drivers/net/ieee802154/Kconfig"
4930739d643Salex.bluesman.smirnov@gmail.com
4940d160211SJeremy Fitzhardingeconfig XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND
4950d160211SJeremy Fitzhardinge	tristate "Xen network device frontend driver"
4960d160211SJeremy Fitzhardinge	depends on XEN
4977003087cSJeremy Fitzhardinge	select XEN_XENBUS_FRONTEND
4980d160211SJeremy Fitzhardinge	default y
4990d160211SJeremy Fitzhardinge	help
500f942dc25SIan Campbell	  This driver provides support for Xen paravirtual network
501f942dc25SIan Campbell	  devices exported by a Xen network driver domain (often
502f942dc25SIan Campbell	  domain 0).
503f942dc25SIan Campbell
504f942dc25SIan Campbell	  The corresponding Linux backend driver is enabled by the
505f942dc25SIan Campbell	  CONFIG_XEN_NETDEV_BACKEND option.
506f942dc25SIan Campbell
507f942dc25SIan Campbell	  If you are compiling a kernel for use as Xen guest, you
508f942dc25SIan Campbell	  should say Y here. To compile this driver as a module, chose
509f942dc25SIan Campbell	  M here: the module will be called xen-netfront.
510f942dc25SIan Campbell
511f942dc25SIan Campbellconfig XEN_NETDEV_BACKEND
512f942dc25SIan Campbell	tristate "Xen backend network device"
513f942dc25SIan Campbell	depends on XEN_BACKEND
514f942dc25SIan Campbell	help
515f942dc25SIan Campbell	  This driver allows the kernel to act as a Xen network driver
516f942dc25SIan Campbell	  domain which exports paravirtual network devices to other
517f942dc25SIan Campbell	  Xen domains. These devices can be accessed by any operating
518f942dc25SIan Campbell	  system that implements a compatible front end.
519f942dc25SIan Campbell
520f942dc25SIan Campbell	  The corresponding Linux frontend driver is enabled by the
521f942dc25SIan Campbell	  CONFIG_XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND configuration option.
522f942dc25SIan Campbell
523f942dc25SIan Campbell	  The backend driver presents a standard network device
524f942dc25SIan Campbell	  endpoint for each paravirtual network device to the driver
525f942dc25SIan Campbell	  domain network stack. These can then be bridged or routed
526f942dc25SIan Campbell	  etc in order to provide full network connectivity.
527f942dc25SIan Campbell
528f942dc25SIan Campbell	  If you are compiling a kernel to run in a Xen network driver
529f942dc25SIan Campbell	  domain (often this is domain 0) you should say Y here. To
530f942dc25SIan Campbell	  compile this driver as a module, chose M here: the module
531f942dc25SIan Campbell	  will be called xen-netback.
5320d160211SJeremy Fitzhardinge
533d1a890faSShreyas Bhatewaraconfig VMXNET3
534d1a890faSShreyas Bhatewara	tristate "VMware VMXNET3 ethernet driver"
535115924b6SShreyas Bhatewara	depends on PCI && INET
536fbdf0e28SArnd Bergmann	depends on !(PAGE_SIZE_64KB || ARM64_64K_PAGES || \
537fbdf0e28SArnd Bergmann		     IA64_PAGE_SIZE_64KB || MICROBLAZE_64K_PAGES || \
538fbdf0e28SArnd Bergmann		     PARISC_PAGE_SIZE_64KB || PPC_64K_PAGES)
539d1a890faSShreyas Bhatewara	help
540d1a890faSShreyas Bhatewara	  This driver supports VMware's vmxnet3 virtual ethernet NIC.
541d1a890faSShreyas Bhatewara	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
542d1a890faSShreyas Bhatewara	  module will be called vmxnet3.
543d1a890faSShreyas Bhatewara
544658d439bSTaku Izumiconfig FUJITSU_ES
545658d439bSTaku Izumi	tristate "FUJITSU Extended Socket Network Device driver"
546658d439bSTaku Izumi	depends on ACPI
547658d439bSTaku Izumi	help
548658d439bSTaku Izumi	  This driver provides support for Extended Socket network device
549658d439bSTaku Izumi	  on Extended Partitioning of FUJITSU PRIMEQUEST 2000 E2 series.
550658d439bSTaku Izumi
551690ac0d2SMika Westerbergconfig USB4_NET
552690ac0d2SMika Westerberg	tristate "Networking over USB4 and Thunderbolt cables"
553690ac0d2SMika Westerberg	depends on USB4 && INET
554e69b6c02SAmir Levy	help
555690ac0d2SMika Westerberg	  Select this if you want to create network between two computers
556690ac0d2SMika Westerberg	  over a USB4 and Thunderbolt cables. The driver supports Apple
557e69b6c02SAmir Levy	  ThunderboltIP protocol and allows communication with any host
558e69b6c02SAmir Levy	  supporting the same protocol including Windows and macOS.
559e69b6c02SAmir Levy
560e69b6c02SAmir Levy	  To compile this driver a module, choose M here. The module will be
561e69b6c02SAmir Levy	  called thunderbolt-net.
562e69b6c02SAmir Levy
56395fa0405SHaiyang Zhangsource "drivers/net/hyperv/Kconfig"
56495fa0405SHaiyang Zhang
56583c9e13aSJakub Kicinskiconfig NETDEVSIM
56683c9e13aSJakub Kicinski	tristate "Simulated networking device"
56783c9e13aSJakub Kicinski	depends on DEBUG_FS
5681f399fc7SHongbo Yao	depends on INET
56948bb9eb4SIdo Schimmel	depends on IPV6 || IPV6=n
570f6b19b35SJiri Pirko	select NET_DEVLINK
57183c9e13aSJakub Kicinski	help
57283c9e13aSJakub Kicinski	  This driver is a developer testing tool and software model that can
57383c9e13aSJakub Kicinski	  be used to test various control path networking APIs, especially
57483c9e13aSJakub Kicinski	  HW-offload related.
57583c9e13aSJakub Kicinski
57683c9e13aSJakub Kicinski	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
57783c9e13aSJakub Kicinski	  will be called netdevsim.
57883c9e13aSJakub Kicinski
579cfc80d9aSSridhar Samudralaconfig NET_FAILOVER
580cfc80d9aSSridhar Samudrala	tristate "Failover driver"
581cfc80d9aSSridhar Samudrala	select FAILOVER
582cfc80d9aSSridhar Samudrala	help
583cfc80d9aSSridhar Samudrala	  This provides an automated failover mechanism via APIs to create
584cfc80d9aSSridhar Samudrala	  and destroy a failover master netdev and manages a primary and
585cfc80d9aSSridhar Samudrala	  standby slave netdevs that get registered via the generic failover
586cfc80d9aSSridhar Samudrala	  infrastructure. This can be used by paravirtual drivers to enable
587cfc80d9aSSridhar Samudrala	  an alternate low latency datapath. It also enables live migration of
588cfc80d9aSSridhar Samudrala	  a VM with direct attached VF by failing over to the paravirtual
589cfc80d9aSSridhar Samudrala	  datapath when the VF is unplugged.
590cfc80d9aSSridhar Samudrala
591d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardtendif # NETDEVICES
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